3 December 2020 David Sarnoff The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.
3 December 2020 Shelby Foote I think that everything you do helps you to write if you’re a writer. Adversity and success both contribute largely to making you what you are. If you don’t experience either one of those, you’re being deprived of something.
3 December 2020 Andy Samberg A sign now of success with a certain audience when you do a short comedy piece, anywhere, is that it gets on YouTube and gets around. It’s always something you’re thinking about unconsciously.
3 December 2020 Jessamyn West In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her?
3 December 2020 Henri Matisse An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.
3 December 2020 Anne Rice Writers, as they gain success, feel like outsiders because writers don’t come together in real groups.
3 December 2020 Napoleon Hill Before success comes in any man’s life, he’s sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That’s exactly what the majority of men do.
3 December 2020 William Osler The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
3 December 2020 George Allen, Sr. People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.
3 December 2020 Barbara Walters Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna – or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.
3 December 2020 Brendan Fraser I’m starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren’t amending they’re shifting.
3 December 2020 Simon Mainwaring Refuse to accept the belief that your professional relevance, career success or financial security turns on the next update on the latest technology. Sometimes it’s good to put the paddle down and just let the canoe glide.
3 December 2020 Manny Pacquiao All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important.
3 December 2020 Lee Ann Womack I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances.
3 December 2020 Carrot Top It’s our nature: Human beings like success but they hate successful people.
3 December 2020 Samuel Smiles We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
3 December 2020 Herbert Read My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.
3 December 2020 Marilyn vos Savant Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.
3 December 2020 Mitt Romney That business we started with 10 people has now grown into a great American success story.
3 December 2020 Danny Boyle The problem with being British… I don’t know if it’s me being British or being raised a strict Catholic, but you never really enjoy success.
3 December 2020 Omar Epps I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?
3 December 2020 Anna Pavlova When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away.
3 December 2020 Conrad Hilton Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.
